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Author:   Luigi Longhin
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Editions Rodopi B.V.
Volume:   13
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.778kg
ISBN:  

9789042034853

ISBN 10:   9042034858
Pages:   404
Publication Date:   01 January 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Preface Introduction In search of the quality of the mind The twentieth century: A century of terror, war, and hate The mind also becomes sick: how? when? why? The problem of normality-anormality Psychic-mental suffering Which epistemology for psychoanalysis? The objectivist and relativist shift in epistemology: Objectivity and reliability in psychoanalysis The three features of psychoanalysis and the psychoanalytic laboratory Symbolism and dreams in psychoanalysis Kant: investigator of the mind and the first epistemologist Charles Taylor: a philosopher who interacts with psychoanalysis in the search for authenticity Aesthetic quality and creativity in psychoanalysis: music as a special pathway of the mind Ideology and utopia: negative qualities of the mind Psychoanalysis and social and political conflicts Psychoanalysis and philosophy The positive qualities of the mind: happiness and creativity About the Author Bibliography Index

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Professor Luigi Longhin is a psychotherapist with a psychoanalytic background. He has taught philosophy and history, and has given lecture courses on The Epistemology of Human Sciences and Child Developmental Psychology. He is the author of Psicoanalisi e Potere (Psychoanalysis and Power) with F. Mazzei, 1991; Alle Origini del Pensiero Psicoanalitico (At the Origins of Psychoanalytic Thought), 1992; Insegnare Oggi (Teaching Today), with G. Magnoni, 1994; Temi e Problemi (Themes and Problems), 1998, and Sentieri della Mente (Pathways of the Mind) (2001) both co-authored with Mauro Mancia; Il Coniglio di Alice (Alice's Rabbit) with P. Fancini, 2002; Il Benessere Mentale (Mental Well-being), 2010.

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